Prioritization and patients' rights: Analysing the effect of a reform in the Norwegian hospital sector

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Askildsen, Jan Erik ^a   Holmås, Tor Helge ^a   Kaarboe, Oddvar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital reform; Norway; Patient rights; Prioritization; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY REFORM; PRIORITIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; NORWAY; PATIENT RIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELECTION; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71849109230     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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